Social Media for Global Neurosurgery. Benefits and limitations of a groundbreaking approach to communication and education

•Quantitative evaluation of the pros and cons of social media use in neurosurgery.•Analysis of the most successful neurosurgical group (Neurosurgery Cocktail).•Over 100 collaborative published studies trough the platform.•Main flaws represented by data breach and insufficient quality of case reports.•Light corrections needed to provide greater credibility and efficacy to the system.